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MAY 15, 2013

Manatt said the funding will come from the Manatt Venture Fund, an early stage venture fund which has already invested in more than 90 companies, including Pinterest, Etsy, and Idealab. The new digital media venture from Manatt was created by Los Angeles partner T.

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MAY 23, 2012

A new startup, headed by entrepreneur Wil Schroter, has launched this week, looking to make it easier for startups to raise funding. Santa Monica- and Columbus, Ohio-based Fundable said that it is looking to provide a crowdfunding platform for "serious startups". on its advisory team. on its advisory team. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? 10th from 7pm to 9pm at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (SMCA). 10th from 7pm to 9pm at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (SMCA). Rafi Gordon , Co-founder at StyleSpot (an Idealab funded company).

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JUNE 24, 2010

Gil Elbaz , one of the founders of Applied Semantics , the often unheralded Santa Monica-based creator of what is now Google's AdSense product, is one of the angel investors in San Francisco-based Triggit , a developer of a real time ad bidding platform, it was revealed today.

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Santa Monica Google Incubator Advertising 133

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Thinking about applying to or ever wondered what its like taking part of an accelerator or incubation program? 10th from 7pm to 9pm at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (SMCA). 10th from 7pm to 9pm at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (SMCA). Rafi Gordon , Co-founder at StyleSpot (an Idealab funded company).

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

How is this different than accelerator or incubator? David Carter: There is a lot of misunderstanding on what an incubator is, and what an accelerator is. When I was at Amplify, we had a lot of people wondering what an accelerator was, and how we differentiated from an incubator.

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MAY 10, 2018

Behzad Kianmahd is the co-founder of Los Angeles coworking space Cross Campus , which is one of the major centers of startup activity in Silicon Beachand also involved as co-founder and lead investor in a brand new, venture capital fund, TAU Ventures (www.ideasimmersion.com/tau-ventures/). What is TAU Ventures?

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JANUARY 31, 2013

It was standing room only at StartEngine 's Demo Day Wednesday afternoon, held at Santa Monica's Cross Campus , as the startup accelerator launched eight of its latest startups into the world, after a 90 day process of mentoring, honing their business model, and heads down development. Standing room only crowd at StartEngine).

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JUNE 22, 2009

Santa Monica-based Geodelic announced today that the firm is shipping a new application for local discovery, along with T-Mobile USA. in funding from Clearstone Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures. in funding from Clearstone Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures. Geodelic is headed by Rahul Sonnad, and is backed by $3.5M

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

24 7pm at Coloft in Santa Monica. The panel is comprised of Southern California’s Top VC’s, Angels, and Startup Accelerator founders. Scott Sangster , President at Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup. There will be plenty of FREE Pizza and drinks! Our Panelist Include.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Even though the plan by Los Angeles to create a Clean Technology Corridor on the banks of the LA river has yet to advance much beyond the planning stage, a competition pitting architects to create their vision for the clean technology zone has just named winners who have expressed their futuristic visions for what the area might look like.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The Los Angeles area has seen a surge in the last month in companies and organizations looking to bolster entrepreneurial activity and startups in Southern California. Science is looking to incubate its own set of companies, make investments, and otherwise work to create the next successful startups. What is Science?

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

One of the biggest complaints you hear from both entrepreneurs and investors in Los Angeles, is the lack of a credible, visible startup accelerator in the Los Angeles area. We caught up with Erik to hear more about MuckerLab, and its efforts to grow the Los Angeles technology ecosystem. Erik, thanks for the time.

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JUNE 6, 2011

Although Los Angeles has become a hub for the high tech startup world, Surprisingly, one of the things which hasn't happened in the Los Angeles area is any huge, successful venture acceleration programs. I helped them raise a few rounds of funding, ran their European operations. I've also been involved in ValueLogic software.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2010

A few weeks ago, Rahul Sonnad --a serial entrepreneur who is best known for founding and selling thePlatform to Comcast--alternately confused and dazzled attendees at Twiistup, the Los Angeles tech conference, with a fake-stilted-Indian-immigrant and ukulele-singing-and-dancing studded pitch for his firm, Geodelic (www.geodelic.com).

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MARCH 4, 2021

How did you go from running a venture fund to starting Miso? Buck Jordan: The story is, I was at the tail end of my last fund, Canyon Creek Capital, and I wanted to try something different. We were sitting at Huckleberry Cafe in Santa Monica, and I asked him if labor was a big problem for his business.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

VCs constantly share cross fund information and are therefore always getting dialed into what is going on in the industry. These kinds of office space arrangement are often called “technology incubators&# or “startup labs&# or something similar. We then held the Open Angel Forum there in the evening.

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Startup Venture Capital Incubator Entrepreneur 285

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JUNE 17, 2011

He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. Scott Sangster, President of Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup. Sangster lives in Los Angeles and is actively involved in improving early childhood education.

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JUNE 20, 2012

There is a large menu of startup accelerators in the Los Angeles, but one of more established efforts in the area is LaunchpadLA ([link] The effort actually started as an informal mentoring program, but has grown and expanded to follow the accelerator model. Sam Teller: Launchpad is an accelerator in Santa Monica.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Be Great Partners , a Los Angeles technology incubator, has recently released a report on the startup community in LA and the information shows a positive growth for startups here in LA. Los Angeles is 3 rd in the global startup ecosystem, behind Tel Aviv and Silicon Valley. Los Angeles has a diverse area of startups.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Mike Jones , Investor and Advisor Located In Los Angeles. He has contributed to the success of dozens of companies, including the funding and strategic acquisitions of Movoxx, Tsavo and People Media. Scott Sangster, President of Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup. Dinesh earned his B.S. to 9:30 p.m.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

They have partnered with Cross Campus to bring education and offline matchmaking events to Santa Monica quarterly. s first accelerator called The Fort and raised VC funding. Meetups are also scheduled in Irvine and in Los Angeles at the government-run Business Technology Center.

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Entrepreneur Santa Monica Startup CTO Hire 87

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Jones is an advocate for technology in Los Angeles, and believes if you build the right infrastructure to support early stage companies, the financing will come – from Silicon Valley and beyond.

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APRIL 22, 2016

funding round this week for its mobile gifting app. We were incubated and launched in Canada in 2014, and at the end of 2015, we launched in the U.S. How did you end up in Santa Monica? Los Angeles was interesting, in particular, because of the whole technology scene and Silicon Beach happening here.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Last week Howard announced he has formed Start Engine, an incubator located in Westwood and focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Community Sponsors.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2011

In addition, Howard Marks unveiled Start Engine , a new LA incubator focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Last week Howard announced he has formed Start Engine, an incubator located in Westwood and focused on helping entrepreneurs become successful in 90 days. Community Sponsors.

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MARCH 5, 2012

To address that worry, Los Angeles-based DogVacay (www.dogvacay.com) lauched last week -- just in time for SXSW -- to help connect dog owners with individual dog lovers to help watch their dogs at their homes. the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. We spoke to Aaron about the company.

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Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 164

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MARCH 5, 2012

To address that worry, Los Angeles-based DogVacay (www.dogvacay.com) lauched last week -- just in time for SXSW -- to help connect dog owners with individual dog lovers to help watch their dogs at their homes. the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. We spoke to Aaron about the company.

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Technical Review Startup Sites Malibu 160

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

I then worked as a product manager at NetZero/United Online in the VOIP group, and then most recently at Google as a product manager on the Picasa/Photos team based in Santa Monica. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? Who are some of your go to people in Los Angeles?

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Product Entrepreneur Social Media Google 150

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Chris Dumler , Co-Founder of Los Angeles Startup Foundation. Chris Dumler is an advocate of the Los Angeles startup community and the culture that holds it together. He continues to build that community as the Los Angeles Co-founder of Startup Foundation, a global program for accelerating startup ecosystems around the world.

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SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. PERSON David Sacks PERSON|David Sacks.

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Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding. I’ve been meeting with LPs (those who invest in VC funds) over the past year and discussing trends I see in the market and where I think we need to be as a firm to be near to and meet the needs of our customers.

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Technology Rustic Canyon Cloud Computing Beverly Hills 313

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AUGUST 29, 2012

Nate Redmond is the managing partner of Rustic Canyon Partners – he’s probably one of the youngest managing partners of a major fund you’ll meet. And no wonder, lately he and his partners are on a tear, investing out of their $200+ million VC fund. Both companies were in Los Angeles. Is that a real trend?

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